"I would never go to jail to protect animals or plants or wilderness. For me, itâ€™s about the people."

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Source : "What Love Looks Like". Interview with Terry Tempest Williams, orionmagazine.org. May 28, 2011.

Tim DeChristopher

#Animal Quotes #Jail Quotes #People Quotes

“I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then.”
“I have a strong spiritual commitment, and I try to express that in my work. Salvation cannot be worked out in human terms. The point of my writing is to touch upon the systematics of prayer and on how we arrive at a method of achieving spiritual coherence in our lives.”
“Compared to my talents, Whoopi Goldberg is like one of those fake plastic Buddhas you get at dollar stores. I mean really, I fail to see the humor in an overweight negro woman with dreadlocks, no eyebrows, and is named after a childish term for flatulence.”
“Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.”
“Racing cars which have been converted for road use never really work. It's like making a hard core adult film, and then editing it so that it can be shown in British hotels. You'd just end up with a sort of half hour close up of some bloke's sweaty face.”
“Conor held tightly onto his mother. And by doing so, he could finally let her go.”
“One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.”
“For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes.”

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